E F Juniper

Summary

Affiliation: McMaster University
Country: UK

Publications

  1. ncbi Clinically important improvements in asthma-specific quality of life, but no difference in conventional clinical indexes in patients changed from conventional beclomethasone dipropionate to approximately half the dose of extrafine beclomethasone dipropion
    Elizabeth F Juniper
    Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
    Chest 121:1824-32. 2002
  2. ncbi Measurement properties and interpretation of three shortened versions of the asthma control questionnaire
    Elizabeth F Juniper
    Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada
    Respir Med 99:553-8. 2005
  3. ncbi Concordance between supervised and postal administration of the Mini Asthma Quality of Life Questionnaire (MiniAQLQ) and Asthma Control Questionnaire (ACQ) was very high
    Hilary Pinnock
    Division of Community Health Sciences, GP Section, University of Edinburgh, 20, West Richmond Street, Edinburgh, EH8 9DX, UK
    J Clin Epidemiol 58:809-14. 2005
  4. ncbi Assessing asthma control
    Elizabeth F Juniper
    Curr Allergy Asthma Rep 7:390-4. 2007
  5. ncbi Development, validity and responsiveness of the Clinical COPD Questionnaire
    Thys van der Molen
    Department of General Practice, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
    Health Qual Life Outcomes 1:13. 2003
  6. ncbi The impact of patient compliance on effective asthma management
    Elizabeth F Juniper
    Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
    Curr Opin Pulm Med 9:S8-10. 2003
  7. ncbi Measuring health-related quality of life in adults during an acute asthma exacerbation
    Elizabeth F Juniper
    Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics Prof Juniper, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
    Chest 125:93-7. 2004
  8. ncbi Impact of inhaled salmeterol/fluticasone propionate combination product versus budesonide on the health-related quality of life of patients with asthma
    Elizabeth F Juniper
    Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University Faculty of Health Sciences, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
    Am J Respir Med 1:435-40. 2002
  9. ncbi Relationship between quality of life and clinical status in asthma: a factor analysis
    E F Juniper
    Dept of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
    Eur Respir J 23:287-91. 2004
  10. ncbi Modification of the asthma quality of life questionnaire (standardised) for patients 12 years and older
    Elizabeth F Juniper
    Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada
    Health Qual Life Outcomes 3:58. 2005

Detail Information

Publications33

  1. ncbi Clinically important improvements in asthma-specific quality of life, but no difference in conventional clinical indexes in patients changed from conventional beclomethasone dipropionate to approximately half the dose of extrafine beclomethasone dipropion
    Elizabeth F Juniper
    Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
    Chest 121:1824-32. 2002
    ....
  2. ncbi Measurement properties and interpretation of three shortened versions of the asthma control questionnaire
    Elizabeth F Juniper
    Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada
    Respir Med 99:553-8. 2005
    ..5. In conclusion, these three shortened versions of the ACQ can be used in large clinical trials without loss of validity or change in interpretation...
  3. ncbi Concordance between supervised and postal administration of the Mini Asthma Quality of Life Questionnaire (MiniAQLQ) and Asthma Control Questionnaire (ACQ) was very high
    Hilary Pinnock
    Division of Community Health Sciences, GP Section, University of Edinburgh, 20, West Richmond Street, Edinburgh, EH8 9DX, UK
    J Clin Epidemiol 58:809-14. 2005
    ..We compared responses to postal administration of Mini Asthma Quality of Life Questionnaire (MiniAQLQ) and Asthma Control Questionnaire (ACQ) with the gold standard of supervised self-completion...
  4. ncbi Assessing asthma control
    Elizabeth F Juniper
    Curr Allergy Asthma Rep 7:390-4. 2007
    ..This article discusses selection of a questionnaire, interpretation of data obtained, and methods of administration...
  5. ncbi Development, validity and responsiveness of the Clinical COPD Questionnaire
    Thys van der Molen
    Department of General Practice, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
    Health Qual Life Outcomes 1:13. 2003
    ..So far no validated questionnaires are available to measure symptom and functional state in daily clinical practice. The aim of this study was to develop and validate the Clinical COPD Questionnaire (CCQ)...
  6. ncbi The impact of patient compliance on effective asthma management
    Elizabeth F Juniper
    Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
    Curr Opin Pulm Med 9:S8-10. 2003
    ..A contractual agreement between patient and clinician may improve both clinical asthma control and patient health-related quality of life...
  7. ncbi Measuring health-related quality of life in adults during an acute asthma exacerbation
    Elizabeth F Juniper
    Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics Prof Juniper, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
    Chest 125:93-7. 2004
    ..Acute severe asthma can be distressing for patients. It is important to be able to identify the causes of the distress so that these can receive attention in conjunction with the conventional treatment of the airways...
  8. ncbi Impact of inhaled salmeterol/fluticasone propionate combination product versus budesonide on the health-related quality of life of patients with asthma
    Elizabeth F Juniper
    Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University Faculty of Health Sciences, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
    Am J Respir Med 1:435-40. 2002
    ....
  9. ncbi Relationship between quality of life and clinical status in asthma: a factor analysis
    E F Juniper
    Dept of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
    Eur Respir J 23:287-91. 2004
    ....
  10. ncbi Modification of the asthma quality of life questionnaire (standardised) for patients 12 years and older
    Elizabeth F Juniper
    Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada
    Health Qual Life Outcomes 3:58. 2005
    ..In this study we have made minor modifications to the standardised version of the adult Asthma Quality of Life Questionnaire (AQLQ(S)) to make it valid for patients 12 years and older (AQLQ12+)...
  11. ncbi Identifying 'well-controlled' and 'not well-controlled' asthma using the Asthma Control Questionnaire
    Elizabeth F Juniper
    Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada
    Respir Med 100:616-21. 2006
    ....
  12. ncbi Patients may respond differently to paper and electronic versions of the same questionnaires
    Elizabeth F Juniper
    Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Ontario, Canada
    Respir Med 103:932-4. 2009
    ....
  13. ncbi Modification, translation and adaptation of questionnaires: should copyright laws be observed?
    Elizabeth F Juniper
    Department of Clinical Epidemiology, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
    Qual Life Res 18:531-3; discussion 535-9. 2009
    ..This commentary is intended to start a discussion about whether people should be allowed to modify, translate, adapt or sell copyrighted questionnaires without the permission of the developer (copyright-holder)...
  14. ncbi Asthma Control Questionnaire in children: validation, measurement properties, interpretation
    E F Juniper
    Dept of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
    Eur Respir J 36:1410-6. 2010
    ..The ACQ has strong measurement properties and is valid for use in children aged 6-16 yrs. In children aged 6-10 yrs, it must be administered by a trained interviewer...
  15. ncbi Measuring asthma control in group studies: do we need airway calibre and rescue beta2-agonist use?
    E F Juniper
    Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University Faculty of Health Sciences, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
    Respir Med 95:319-23. 2001
    ..Lowering of the summary score by the omission of the FEV1 question means that data from this abbreviated form cannot be combined with or compared to data collected using the full questionnaire...
  16. ncbi Comparison of the standard gamble, rating scale, AQLQ and SF-36 for measuring quality of life in asthma
    E F Juniper
    Dept of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University Faculty of Health Sciences, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
    Eur Respir J 18:38-44. 2001
    ..Poor correlation between the standard gamble and the rating scale indicates that utilities cannot be derived from rating scale data...
  17. ncbi Measuring quality of life in children with asthma
    E F Juniper
    Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University Medical Centre, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
    Qual Life Res 5:35-46. 1996
    ..It captures aspects of asthma most important to the patient and adds additional information to conventional clinical outcomes...
  18. ncbi How important is quality of life in pediatric asthma?
    E F Juniper
    Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University Faculty of Health Sciences, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
    Pediatr Pulmonol Suppl 15:17-21. 1997
    ..Because one of the aims of treatment is to ensure that the children benefit from treatment, an essential component of clinical assessment of these children should be the evaluation of health-related quality of life...
  19. ncbi First-line treatment of seasonal (ragweed) rhinoconjunctivitis. A randomized management trial comparing a nasal steroid spray and a nonsedating antihistamine
    E F Juniper
    Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University Health Sciences Centre, Hamilton, Ont
    CMAJ 156:1123-31. 1997
    ....
  20. ncbi Using humanistic health outcomes data in asthma
    E F Juniper
    Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
    Pharmacoeconomics 19:13-9. 2001
    ..Consequently, HR-QOL should be included as an outcome measure in all assessments of asthma...
  21. ncbi Validation of a standardized version of the Asthma Quality of Life Questionnaire
    E F Juniper
    Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
    Chest 115:1265-70. 1999
    ..In the original 32-item Asthma Quality of Life Questionnaire (AQLQ), five activity questions are selected by patients themselves. However, for long-term studies and large clinical trials, generic activities may be more appropriate...
  22. ncbi Development and validation of an electronic version of the Rhinoconjunctivitis Quality of Life Questionnaire
    E F Juniper
    Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, ON, Canada
    Allergy 62:1091-3. 2007
    ..As clinicians and pharmaceutical companies move from paper versions of health status questionnaires to electronic versions, it cannot be assumed that adaptations to other media will produce valid data...
  23. ncbi Effect of asthma on quality of life
    E F Juniper
    McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada
    Can Respir J 5:77A-84A. 1998
    ..The paper also describes several questionnaires for measuring HRQL, including athma-specific quality of life instruments, and discusses how to select an appropriate HRQL instrument...
  24. ncbi Validation of an electronic version of the Mini Asthma Quality of Life Questionnaire
    J Olajos-Clow
    Asthma Research Unit, Clinical Research Centre, Kingston General Hospital, Ontario, Canada
    Respir Med 104:658-67. 2010
    ..Electronic (e) versions enable inclusion of asthma QOL in electronic medical records and research databases...
  25. ncbi Can the standard gamble and rating scale be used to measure quality of life in rhinoconjunctivitis? Comparison with the RQLQ and SF-36
    E F Juniper
    Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton Ontario, Canada
    Allergy 57:201-6. 2002
    ..All measurement properties for the standard gamble are inadequate. Poor correlation between the standard gamble and the rating scale indicates that utilities cannot be derived from rating scale data...
  26. ncbi A critical look at transition ratings
    Gordon H Guyatt
    Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Room 2C12, 1200 Main Street West, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
    J Clin Epidemiol 55:900-8. 2002
    ..Investigators using transition scores should ensure their validity by exploring relationships with pre and post scores of corresponding domain scores...
  27. ncbi Clinical outcomes and adverse effect monitoring in allergic rhinitis
    Elizabeth F Juniper
    Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada
    J Allergy Clin Immunol 115:S390-413. 2005
    ..These considerations have even greater relevance if children are concurrently also receiving inhaled steroids for asthma, because the total steroid load will be greater...
  28. ncbi A questionnaire to measure quality of life in adults with nocturnal allergic rhinoconjunctivitis
    Elizabeth F Juniper
    Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
    J Allergy Clin Immunol 111:484-90. 2003
    ....
  29. ncbi Development of a parent-proxy quality-of-life chronic cough-specific questionnaire: clinical impact vs psychometric evaluations
    Peter A Newcombe
    School of Psychology, The University of Queensland, 11 Salisbury Rd, Ipswich, QLD, Australia 4305
    Chest 133:386-95. 2008
    ..This article compares two methods of item reduction (clinical impact and psychometric) and reports on the statistical properties of both QOL instruments...
  30. ncbi Evaluation of 2 interactive voice-response telephone versions of health-related quality-of-life questionnaires
    Elizabeth F Juniper
    J Allergy Clin Immunol 122:654-5. 2008
  31. ncbi Interpreting quality of life data: should we listen to the patient or the clinician?
    Elizabeth F Juniper
    Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol 91:115-6. 2003
  32. ncbi Health-related quality of life in preschool children with wheezing and dyspnea: preliminary results from a random general population sample
    Ashna D Mohangoo
    Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC University Medical Center Rotterdam, PO Box 1738, 3000 DR Rotterdam, The Netherlands
    Qual Life Res 14:1931-6. 2005
    ..05). In conclusion, decreases in HRQOL among preschoolers with parent-reported respiratory symptoms are measurable with the TAPQOL. We recommend studying the impact of doctor-diagnosed respiratory symptoms on HRQOL in future studies...
  33. ncbi Symptom-based questionnaire for differentiating COPD and asthma
    David G Tinkelman
    National Jewish Medical and Research Center, Denver, Colo, USA
    Respiration 73:296-305. 2006
    ..33 to 20.7. This questionnaire demonstrated a sensitivity of 72.0 and a specificity of 82.7. CONCLUSIONS: A short, symptom-based questionnaire identifies persons more likely to have COPD among persons with prior evidence of OLD...